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General News · 31st July 2025
GinaT CISS
In this newsletter: Cooling summer soup / make the offer / and more ...
You can join the Cortes Island Seniors Society (CISS) if you are 50+.
Membership in the Society is important as it shows your support for the organization and its programming. To sign up or renew your CISS membership, which is only $10, mail your cheque to CISS, PO BOX 27, Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0, or email your dues by e-transfer to cortesseniors1gmail.com.
For more information about our programs and activities, visit our Facebook page or our CISS Newsletter Archives. For housing info, visit Cortes Community Housing.
CISS CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 2025
Always check the Tideline Calendar for the latest updates.
Seniors’ Aquacise
Gorge Harbour Swimming Pool. Special thanks to Gorge Harbour Marina Resort and Better at Home.
• Tuesdays, from 10 to 11, during the summer months
T’ai Chi Ch’uan
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise ideal for seniors. Judyth Weaver generously offers these classes for free; donations, passed on to some charitable Cortes organizations, are welcome. All are invited to join.
• Wednesdays, from 10 to 11, Om Studio, Manson’s Hall
Carpet Bowling
• Sundays and Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.
Walking Group
• The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 am in Manson's Hall parking lot for a 30-minute to one-hour walk, followed by coffee. Never cancelled! Come and join the walking group.
Cortes Island Museum and Wild Cortes
• Museum, 957 Beesley Road, Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Tuesday – Saturday, noon to 4 pm
Friends of Cortes Island
Summer events, booking essential. Call 250-935-0087 to register.
• Sunday, August 17, Forest Foraging
• Thursday, August 21, Lagoon Gumbooting w/Lynne Jordan. Event organized by FOCI and the Cortes Museum
Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
• Open Fridays, 6 to 9; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 to 6
• Naomi Cairns, Reflections, July 18 – August 3
• Ayami Stryck and Zaeya Winter, Earth-Textiles, August 8 – August 24
• Kristen Scholfield-Sweet, How Do You Like the Underworld?, August 29 – September 14
Cortes DeathCare Collective
We work to integrate death as part of life by initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for the end of life. We also empower, guide, and support the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community. Our monthly meetings will resume in September; come say hello at the Friday Market in Mansons on August 29.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don't hesitate to contact us, even on short notice. You can reach us at Margaret 250-204-3709 or Emma 250-208-4468. Visit our website, www.islanddeathcare.ca.
Thanks,
Margaret
QUADRA ISLAND SHUFFLE
Starting June 1, you can catch the Quadra shuttle from Heriot Bay to Quathiaski and back, or to any other location on Quadra, for $20 one way. Phone: 250-914-1010. Booking in advance is necessary.
The Better at Home Program will be working with the shuttle in the near future after they evaluate their initial trial weeks. Better at Home hopes to offer this connection to its clients, along with a Campbell River taxi service, for those who have medical appointments in Campbell River on days when the Klahoose Bus is not operating. (Information from Ester)
MAKE AN OFFER!
In her wish to contribute to the Cemetery Storage Shed for Mansons, Myrna Kerr noticed the playhouse outside her window.
If you and your children would enjoy the playhouse, please make an offer. Whatever funds you contribute will be used for the Cemetery Shed.
Email Margaret at margaret.verschuurgmail.com or call her at 250-204-3709.
Thank you, Myrna and community!
HOUSING NEWS AND WAITING LIST
Check the Cortes Community Housing at https://cortescommunityhousing.org/.
PERSON OF THE MONTH
Always looking for new stories. Please contact Gina0080 or seniorscortesgmail.com.
COOLING SUMMER SOUP and AMAZING WORDS REARRANGEMENTS
See our PDF version, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rRXWnY6g7G3Ob0en8gzZM__rsCnnpkrq/view?usp=share_link, for this summer's entertainment and more news.
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More is included in the newsletter sent to CISS members' email boxes on the first day of each month.
To read the newsletter sent by email to CISS members, click here: https://mailchi.mp/aacf7c9f87af/ciss-august-2025-newsletter
Visit us at Facebook
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If you are a CISS member, you should receive an email with the newsletter on the first day of the month. If you cannot find it in your inbox, check your spam or junk folder and mark "NOT SPAM." Additionally, add seniorscortesgmail.com to your email contacts. If in doubt, call Gina at 250-935-0080.
You can join the Cortes Island Seniors Society (CISS) if you are 50+.
Membership in the Society is important as it shows your support for the organization and its programming. To sign up or renew your CISS membership, which is only $10, mail your cheque to CISS, PO BOX 27, Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0, or email your dues by e-transfer to cortesseniors1gmail.com.
For more information about our programs and activities, visit our Facebook page or our CISS Newsletter Archives. For housing info, visit Cortes Community Housing.
CISS CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 2025
Always check the Tideline Calendar for the latest updates.
Seniors’ Aquacise
Gorge Harbour Swimming Pool. Special thanks to Gorge Harbour Marina Resort and Better at Home.
• Tuesdays, from 10 to 11, during the summer months
T’ai Chi Ch’uan
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise ideal for seniors. Judyth Weaver generously offers these classes for free; donations, passed on to some charitable Cortes organizations, are welcome. All are invited to join.
• Wednesdays, from 10 to 11, Om Studio, Manson’s Hall
Carpet Bowling
• Sundays and Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.
Walking Group
• The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 am in Manson's Hall parking lot for a 30-minute to one-hour walk, followed by coffee. Never cancelled! Come and join the walking group.
Cortes Island Museum and Wild Cortes
• Museum, 957 Beesley Road, Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Tuesday – Saturday, noon to 4 pm
Friends of Cortes Island
Summer events, booking essential. Call 250-935-0087 to register.
• Sunday, August 17, Forest Foraging
• Thursday, August 21, Lagoon Gumbooting w/Lynne Jordan. Event organized by FOCI and the Cortes Museum
Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery
• Open Fridays, 6 to 9; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 to 6
• Naomi Cairns, Reflections, July 18 – August 3
• Ayami Stryck and Zaeya Winter, Earth-Textiles, August 8 – August 24
• Kristen Scholfield-Sweet, How Do You Like the Underworld?, August 29 – September 14
Cortes DeathCare Collective
We work to integrate death as part of life by initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for the end of life. We also empower, guide, and support the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community. Our monthly meetings will resume in September; come say hello at the Friday Market in Mansons on August 29.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don't hesitate to contact us, even on short notice. You can reach us at Margaret 250-204-3709 or Emma 250-208-4468. Visit our website, www.islanddeathcare.ca.
Thanks,
Margaret
QUADRA ISLAND SHUFFLE
Starting June 1, you can catch the Quadra shuttle from Heriot Bay to Quathiaski and back, or to any other location on Quadra, for $20 one way. Phone: 250-914-1010. Booking in advance is necessary.
The Better at Home Program will be working with the shuttle in the near future after they evaluate their initial trial weeks. Better at Home hopes to offer this connection to its clients, along with a Campbell River taxi service, for those who have medical appointments in Campbell River on days when the Klahoose Bus is not operating. (Information from Ester)
MAKE AN OFFER!
In her wish to contribute to the Cemetery Storage Shed for Mansons, Myrna Kerr noticed the playhouse outside her window.
If you and your children would enjoy the playhouse, please make an offer. Whatever funds you contribute will be used for the Cemetery Shed.
Email Margaret at margaret.verschuurgmail.com or call her at 250-204-3709.
Thank you, Myrna and community!
HOUSING NEWS AND WAITING LIST
Check the Cortes Community Housing at https://cortescommunityhousing.org/.
PERSON OF THE MONTH
Always looking for new stories. Please contact Gina0080 or seniorscortesgmail.com.
COOLING SUMMER SOUP and AMAZING WORDS REARRANGEMENTS
See our PDF version, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rRXWnY6g7G3Ob0en8gzZM__rsCnnpkrq/view?usp=share_link, for this summer's entertainment and more news.
***********************************
More is included in the newsletter sent to CISS members' email boxes on the first day of each month.
To read the newsletter sent by email to CISS members, click here: https://mailchi.mp/aacf7c9f87af/ciss-august-2025-newsletter
Visit us at Facebook
***********************************
If you are a CISS member, you should receive an email with the newsletter on the first day of the month. If you cannot find it in your inbox, check your spam or junk folder and mark "NOT SPAM." Additionally, add seniorscortesgmail.com to your email contacts. If in doubt, call Gina at 250-935-0080.
Make an Offer! DeathCare Collective Fundraiser